Sharad Yadav Death News Live: Last Rites Of Sharad Yadav To Take Place In His Ancestral Village In MP
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Top political figures, including Rahul Gandhi and Home Minister Amit Shah, paid their last respects to socialist icon Sharad Yadav on Friday in his Chhatarpur home.
At Sharad Yadav's home, a number of people paid tribute to him, including BJP president J P Nadda, Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal, Haryana chief minister M L Khattar, former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.
His mortal remains will be taken to his native village Ankhmau in the Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh by a chartered plane on Saturday morning. The cremation will be performed at 1 pm on Saturday. (PTI Input)
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that Sharad Yadav went to every village and made everyone come together. He stood with people who had nothing. "We have lost a great leader."
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav stated on Friday that Sharad Yadav was always a supporter of those seeking social justice.
Last Rites Of Sharad Yadav To Take Place In His Ancestral Village In MP, as reported by the news agency PTI.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan pays tribute to former Union Minister Sharad Yadav, who passed away last night.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute to former Union minister Sharad Yadav, who passed away last night.
Mortal remains of former Union Minister and JDU leader Sharad Yadav have been brought to his residence in Delhi’s Chhatarpur on January 13. He passed away on January 12 at the age of 75 years.
Yadav's son-in-law Raj Kamal Rao said that he had a cardiac arrest and after he was taken to the hospital, the doctors declared him dead. He also added that the last rights will be performed in “He had a cardiac arrest, we took him to the hospital. After reaching there, doctors declared him dead. He had kidney issues and was on dialysis.
His body will be taken to his native village in Madhya Pradesh where the last rights will be performed,” said the son-in-law of Sharad Yadav, Raj Kamal Rao.
I have learnt a lot about politics from Sharad Yadav Ji. His passing away today has left me saddened. He shared a relationship of respect with my 'dadi': Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former Union minister Sharad Yadav, who passed away last night.
After the demise of former Union Minister Sharad Yadav, Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurugram, wherein the deceased leader counted his last breath, released a statement saying that he was brought to the hospital in an unconscious and unresponsive state.
"Sharad Yadav was brought to the emergency at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram in an unconscious and unresponsive state. On examination, he did not have any pulse or recordable blood pressure," Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram said, releasing a statement.
"He underwent Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) as per Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) protocols. Despite best efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 10.19 pm. We would like to convey our deepest condolences to his family," it added.
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday condoled the demise of former Union Minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav in a video message from Singapore.
Posting a video message for the deceased leader on Twitter, Lalu Yadav from his hospital bed in Singapore where he is recuperating from a kidney transplant surgery, said, "I am saddened to hear the news of big brother Sharad Yadav's death. He, besides late Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar, and myself learned politics of socialism from Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur."
"On many an occasion, Sharad Yadav and I fought with each other. But our disagreements never led to any bitterness," Lalu Yadav added. Sharad Yadav passed away on Thursday, informed his daughter Subhashini Sharad Yadav through a social media post.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the demise of veteran politician and founder-member of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Sharad Yadav.
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, "Pained by the passing away of Shri Sharad Yadav Ji. In his long years in public life, he distinguished himself as MP and Minister. He was greatly inspired by Dr Lohia's ideals. I will always cherish our interactions. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti."
Veteran Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav passed away on Thursday, informed his daughter Subhashini Sharad Yadav through a social media post. Yadav who had launched his own party Loktantrik Janata Dal, merged with Lalu Yadav's outfit RJD in March 2020 which he said was the "first step towards a united opposition".
He was a former union minister in various governments. Sharad Yadav had formed Loktantrik Janata Dal in 2018 miffed with Janata Dal (United) returning to an alliance with the BJP in Bihar.
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Sharad Yadav Death News Live: Veteran Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav passed away on Thursday, informed his daughter Subhashini Sharad Yadav through a social media post. Yadav who had launched his own party Loktantrik Janata Dal merged with Lalu Yadav's outfit RJD in March 2020 which he said was the "first step towards a united opposition". He was a former union minister in various governments.
The veteran leader breathed his last on Thursday at Fortis Hospital in Gurugram where he was rushed after he collapsed at his residence in Delhi. Sharad Yadav was suffering from kidney-related issues for a long time and regularly underwent dialysis.
Sharad Yadav had formed Loktantrik Janata Dal in 2018 miffed with Janata Dal (United) returning to an alliance with the BJP in Bihar. A socialist leader who remained a prominent figure for a large part of his political life, especially in the peak era of coalitions, Sharad Yadav forged several alliances, and turns of the journey saw friends turning into foes and then again returning to forge partnerships. In his political life spanning nearly five decades, Sharad Yadav served as a Union Minister, convenor of the National Democratic Alliance, and the president of Janata Dal-United.
Sharad Yadav a tall socialist leader was born on July 1, 1947, in Babai Village in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad. He was a prominent leader from the socialist block in parallel with other socialist leaders like the late Mulayam Singh Yadav and George Fernandes.
Sharad Yadav's political career rose during the anti-Congress movement in the 70s.
The year was 1974, it was his Lok Sabha by-poll win from Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur as the opposition candidate against the Congress which boosted its political fight against the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. After Emergency, he won again in 1977 and marked himself counted among several leaders to have come out of the anti-Emergency movement.
In 1979 Yadav became the national general secretary of the Lok Dal. Eight years later, in 1987, he was involved in the events that led to the founding of the Janata Dal (JD) in 1988, under the leadership of V.P. Singh. When Singh became prime minister of a short-lived coalition government (1989-90), Yadav was inducted into the cabinet as head of the Textiles and Food Processing Industries Ministry.
Sharad Yadav served as a minister in the VP Singh government in 1989, but his highpoint came after a decade in the late 1990s, when he was in the fray against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in Madhepura, a parliamentary seat dominated by voters from the Yadav caste, and drubbed the latter which earned him a ministerial berth in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
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